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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring cooperative computing awards, with over half a million dollars in prize money, to encourage ordinary Internet users to contribute to solving huge scientific problems.
"We're providing incentives to stretch the computational capabilities of the Internet," said Tara Lemmey, EFF's Executive...

The Federal District Court here struck down Commerce Department export restrictions on the privacy technology called encryption yesterday, concluding that "the encryption regulations are an unconstitutional prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment." For the first time, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ordered the government not to prosecute or harass...

The Justice Department said today it is considering what further legal measures it will take following yesterday's ruling by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco that certain aspects of the government's regulations on the export of encryption software are unconstitutional. Another federal court upheld the export controls on encryption...

WHAT: Press Conference
Immediately following oral arguments in front of Federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Professor Dan Bernstein, his lawyer and the Electronic Frontier Foundation will hold a press conference. After brief statements issued by each, there will be a media question and answer period.
NOTE: This will be the...

Government Argues That Law Professor Cannot Challenge Regulation Requiring Him to Get Permission Before Teaching and Publishing Because He Did Not Apply for That Permission
Oral Argument in Junger v. Christopher Set for Wednesday, November 20
Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday, October 1, 1996 For Immediate Release
For More Information Contact:
Raymond...

For Immediate Release Cleveland, Wednesday, August 7, 1996
For More Information Contact: Raymond Vasvari (216) 522-1925 Gino Scarselli (216) 291-8601
More Information Will Be Available at: URL: http://samsara.law.cwru.edu
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A Case Western Reserve University law professor filed suit today in federal court, challenging government regulations which restrict his ability to...

On October 20th in San Francisco, we'll have the first public hearing in the EFF/Bernstein lawsuit, which seeks to have the export laws on cryptography declared unconstitutional. You are invited!
Meet at the Federal Building in San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate Avenue. The first "oral arguments" in the Bernstein crypto...

60 Minutes CBS News 555 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019
Dear 60 Minutes,
Your February 26 story on computer security missed the most important point -- the United States Government requires network providers to keep their systems easily exploited. Encryption would enable companies to thwart unwanted intrusion by...

In a move aimed at expanding the growth and spread of privacy and security technologies, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is sponsoring a federal lawsuit filed today seeking to bar the government from restricting publication of cryptographic documents and software. EFF argues that the export-control laws, both on their face and...